Ravi Shastri to replace Modi as IPL commissioner?

Zeecric Bureau New Delhi: With Lalit Modi’s ouster as IPL Chairman all but certain, Ravi Shastri has emerged as a strong contender for the post of Commissioner of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Sources close to Zeecric.com confirmed that Ravi Shastri’s name was doing the rounds after it was reported that Modi had agreed to step down from his post. It was learnt that sixty percent of the BCCI top brass is in favour of appointing Ravi Shastri, who is presently a governing council member. Even BCCI president Shashank Manohar wants Shastri to take over as the new IPL Commissioner. In what could be a path-breaking move in the entire IPL controversy that has been raging over the past few days now, Lalit Modi might voluntarily quit the post of IPL chairman and commissioner at the governing council meeting on April 26. According to reports, Modi might quit his post of IPL chairman, a decision which is believed to have been taken after a telephonic conversation with BCCI president Shashank Manohar. Sources claim that it was former BCCI chief Sharad Pawar who initiated the telephone chat between Manohar and Modi. It is understood that Modi will now attend the IPL governing council meet on April 26 in Mumbai; a meeting which will predominantly decide Modi’s fate. Reports earlier in the day claimed that Pawar had asked Modi to submit his resignation without messing up the issue further.